A Full-Out Contrast of 'Heat' and 'Coolness' This Summer! Ofuro Café Yusa Hosts Summer Event 'Cool Down with Ryo: Yusa's Summer' from June 15 to August 31, 2026

Ryokan Koyo Co., Ltd. (Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture; President and CEO: Taichi Sato), which operates the Ofuro Café Yusa at Kurosawa Onsen in Yamagata City, will hold a summer experiential event titled "Cool Down with 'Ryo': Yusa's Summer" from Monday, June 15 to Monday, August 31, 2026, to blow away the summer heat.

This event will feature content that fully promotes local culture, such as the summer tradition of the "Yamagata Hanagasa Festival" and the famous "chilled shampoo." After working up a hot sweat in the sauna or with super spicy gourmet food, visitors can cool down with chilled sweets and cooling content, proposing an experience with a sharp contrast between "heat" and "coolness." Furthermore, the facility has prepared numerous interactive elements designed to be shared with others, under the theme of "sharing real memories" with family, friends, and partners. These include an art experience where you can make your own wind chime and drinks that you finish making yourself.

■ Highlights and Focus Points of "Cool Down with 'Ryo': Yusa's Summer"
"Cool Down with 'Ryo': Yusa's Summer" is a special summer-only event based on popular projects previously held at Ofuro Café Yusa, with visually and experientially impactful upgrades. The facility has arranged content that stylishly incorporates Yamagata's unique traditions and specialties, placing share-worthy installations throughout the building. From the moment visitors step inside, to after their bath, and during their meals, the space provides an environment to fully enjoy the cool summer of Yamagata with all five senses.

Content Provided during "Cool Down with 'Ryo': Yusa's Summer"
Period: Monday, June 15, 2026 – Monday, August 31, 2026

1. Yusa's Original Summer-Limited Menu
Yusa will offer original cafe-restaurant menus perfect for hot summer days for a limited time. Visitors can enjoy playful summer tastes, such as pizza inspired by the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival, an intensely spicy katsu curry that will make you sweat after one bite, and a goldfish bowl soda that you finish by adding your own toppings.

- "Hanagasa Pizza" 1,780 yen (tax included): An original pizza with a gorgeous appearance inspired by the flower hats of the "Yamagata Hanagasa Festival" that colors summer in Yamagata. It is a highly popular signature menu item that can only be tasted at Yusa in the summer.
- "Rich Sesame Sauce Salad Udon" 1,080 yen (tax included): A summer-limited dish where creamy, deep, and rich sesame sauce intertwines with fresh vegetables and udon. Enjoy the refreshing taste that goes down smoothly, perfect for a flushed body.
- "Yusa's Special Super Spicy Katsu Curry" 1,580 yen (tax included): An authentic, highly addictive super spicy "sauna meal" that makes you sweat the moment you take a bite. The intense stimulation from blending numerous spices enhances the sweetness of the freshly fried, juicy cutlet. *Please refrain from eating if you are not good with spicy food as the stimulation is extremely strong.
- [Limited Quantity] "Ratatouille Bread" 1,280 yen (tax included): Uses luxurious amounts of rich ratatouille, which is slowly simmered to condense the umami and sweetness of summer vegetables. It pairs perfectly with the crispy, fragrant baked bread.
- "Chilled Parfait Ice" 1,280 yen (tax included): Chilled shaved ice has been arranged into a luxurious and beautiful parfait. Please enjoy the "luxury of eating," lovely down to the last drop, where the rich satisfaction unique to a parfait and the overwhelming coolness of shaved ice melt together at once.
- "Jiggly Muscat Vinegar" 550 yen (tax included): The jiggly texture of Muscat jelly, refreshing Muscat vinegar, and generously added Shine Muscat grapes melt together luxuriously to create the ultimate cup entirely devoted to Muscat. The gorgeous appearance decorated with edible flowers and the pleasant acidity of the vinegar make for a refreshing drink that soaks into the hot summer body.
- "Handmade♩ Goldfish Bowl Cream Soda" 820 yen (tax included): The highly popular goldfish bowl cream soda, a summer specialty at Yusa, evolves into an "experiential" item this year! In a style where customers apply the finishing toppings themselves, you can let goldfish swim freely in the cool-looking goldfish bowl to create your own unique original soda. It is a cup perfect for playful summer memories that looks great in photos from any angle.

2. Yamagata Specialties Also Appear! "Cooling Content" to Cool Down After a Bath
Inside the facility, summer-specific innovations are prepared to pleasantly cool down a flushed body. In addition to introducing Yamagata's famous "chilled shampoo," drinks using fruits special to Yamagata Prefecture and summer-like decorations will appeal to the refreshing summer of Yamagata to customers from both inside and outside the prefecture.

3. Summer Sauna Event "Festival Uproar! Hanagasa Neppa"
- Hanagasa Neppa: During the summer event period, staff wearing happi coats will occasionally conduct a unique heatwave (neppa) experience, sending powerful hot air to the background music of the Yamagata Hanagasa Ondo. You can enjoy an entertainment sauna unique to Yusa that fully unfolds Yamagata culture.